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Re: Transformers: Energon & Beyond

This is according to the rumor mill so take this with a grain of salt, but the next Takara reissue will be Star Convoy. Now I have no idea what kind of TF fans you are, but Star Convoy was released in Japan and is a huge fan favorite. Click the link for an ebay auction of the original.

Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp need to be McDonnel-Douglas licensed F-15's, or something newer, but appropriate. For them, I'd buy the repaints if necessary. If they wanted to make them different kinds of jets, or even one (not Starscream) a helicopter, that'd be cool and make for a nice variety.

Reflector might be a TV News Camera Van. Thank about it.

Soundwave could be either a radar spy plane, or a mobile satelite command vehicle - something with a sound dish. There's no way they can make a walkman scaled to be the right size, and then transform into a robot almost Optimus Prime's size.

Laserbeak could be one of those remote controlled, unmanned spy planes. That would be appropriate.

SHOCKWAVE should have been a repaint of whatever they decided upon for Megatron.

RAVAGE should have been a Jaguar-brand sportscar that turned into a jaguar with a tail - or they could have jointed that Corvette to walk on all fours and have a tail you could fold into the car chasis.

DEAD END should have had the correct head.

SWINDLE's good. I have to admit it.

DRAGSTRIP's cool as well.

For the Autobots:

Ironhide's a must-have. Hope that Ford F-350's coming!
Ratchet was a main character.
Cliffjumper was as well.
Brawn.
Mirage. I don't know if a formula race car would work with Alternators. What else?

How about the new generation?

Hot Rod could be a Lamborghini or Ferrari if they got the license - since they didn't use one for Sideswipe.

Blurr could be whichever from those two they didn't use for Hot Rod.

Kup? Kup could be the repaint of Ironhide, perhaps with "offroard dirt details."

RC....Any ideas?

Springer - what could you do for a triple-changer? I think you'll have to start with an Apache Helicopter. Then see what parts you can fold into an auto-vehicle. Springer, if all modes looked like something realistic, could be the ultimate Alternator triumph.

Ultra Magnus - a truck of course. A car carrier with trailer to be sure. But something that does not use the 20th Anniversary mold of Prime.

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Cyclonus could be a stealth fighter
Scourge could still be a hovercraft
Galvatron? Good question....

Re: Transformers: Energon & Beyond

Hasbro will never do jets for the alternators line because scale wise they will be way too big. They would have to be 1:14 instead of 1:24. Which would up the price for them which they probably won't do. I think the same goes with Megs and a Hummer or a tank. If it's not a car, they Hasbro won't do it. Plus think about licensing. I beleive this was already discussed but VW won't give them a license for the bug to do bumblebee because the company doesn't want to be associated with "war toys".

Re: Transformers: Energon & Beyond

What is the status of the Alternators right now? I've got everyone so far, but the only forthcoming figure I know of is called "Decepticharge." I'm undecided as to whether to get it when I find it, since that isn't exactly a real name for an actual character.

I've heard of nothing beyond Decepticharge, and the fact that I could still easily pick up Smokescreen a full 18 months after I found him--and at quite a few stores that don't seem to have received much of anything beyond Silverstreak--really, really worries me.

Re: Transformers: Energon & Beyond

Originally Posted by El Chuxter

What is the status of the Alternators right now? I've got everyone so far, but the only forthcoming figure I know of is called "Decepticharge." I'm undecided as to whether to get it when I find it, since that isn't exactly a real name for an actual character.

I've heard of nothing beyond Decepticharge, and the fact that I could still easily pick up Smokescreen a full 18 months after I found him--and at quite a few stores that don't seem to have received much of anything beyond Silverstreak--really, really worries me.

The new rumor that's out is they're gonna make a mazda MPV. If you're not sure what it looks like, it's a one of those minivan/SUV kinda things. Could be a ratchet/ironhide, maybe a skids, who knows. I wouldnt consider this credible. Again, just a rumor.

Re: Transformers: Energon & Beyond

Originally Posted by El Chuxter

What is the status of the Alternators right now? I've got everyone so far, but the only forthcoming figure I know of is called "Decepticharge." I'm undecided as to whether to get it when I find it, since that isn't exactly a real name for an actual character.

I've heard of nothing beyond Decepticharge, and the fact that I could still easily pick up Smokescreen a full 18 months after I found him--and at quite a few stores that don't seem to have received much of anything beyond Silverstreak--really, really worries me.

Prowl is coming as an Acura RSX, coming per Toy Fair and other internet news. Looks...interesting.

As for Star Convoy, I'm not terribly surprised. seeing as how Galaxy Force Convoy is so reminiscent of the figure, it's a good way to capitalize on the viewer recognition.

Re: Transformers: Energon & Beyond

Also is discussed Hot Rod's return in a Toyota. (I'll wait to see the model and the paint application before I grumble).

yeah, Tycho, but it's still a rumor. All they know is that there's a listing in the computer (and sometimes they have toys listed that never make it to stores; sometimes they have toys at the stores that aren't in the computers right away. It's a crazy system!) We don't even know for sure what the listing is for. Heck, it could be mislabeled, knowing the corp. as intimately as I do.

I'm just saying, don't get your hopes up. Just wait and see. As for the Toyota, I'm pretty sure a competitor has the Toyota license...